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DSME fire kills two, injures seven

Aug 24, 2015

Two people have died after a vessel under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) caught on fire today (24 August) in South Korea, according to news reports. The Geoje Fire Station said a 39-year-old worker…

Lundin approved for two wells

Aug 24, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has granted Lundin Norway consent to drill two wells: one in the North Sea, and one in the Norwegian Sea. In the central North Sea, Lundin will drill the Rolvsnes prospect. The exploration well 16/1-25S…

TGS' Mexico project given green light

Aug 24, 2015

TGS has been given the green light by Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) to start acquiring multibeam, coring and geochemical analysis data over about 600,000sq km in Mexican waters. This project will cover the entire deepwater area of the offshore sector of Mexico…

Statoil's latest Cat-D rig delivered

Aug 24, 2015

Songa Offshore has today taken delivery of Songa Endurance from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Songa Endurance will shortly depart South Korea en-route to Norway to start an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil…

EMGS cuts fleet, workforce

Aug 20, 2015

Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) announced a cost reduction program that will generate cuts in its fleet, workforce, and capital expenditures, which the company is blaming on challenging market conditions. The EM Leader…

Transocean inks extensions

Aug 20, 2015

Transocean was awarded approximately US$35 million for two different contract extensions that are about 11,000mi from each other. The Transocean Barents. From Transocean.  US…

OneSubsea inks Shell Stones deal

Aug 19, 2015

UK supermajor Shell awarded OneSubsea a contract to supply subsea services for the Stones ultra deepwater development project in the Gulf of Mexico.  An artist's impression of the Stones FPSO. From SBM Offshore…

LQT awarded two accommodation projects

Aug 18, 2015

Image: LQT Industries, LLC LQT Industries, LLC has been awarded two projects to upgrade and refurbish single lift accommodations that house a total of 320 personnel on a drillship and a semisubmersible located in the Gulf of Mexico…

Teesta Spirit’s journey to the Atlantic Ocean

Aug 18, 2015

In this video, Teekay captured  a time-lapse video of the Teesta Spirit vessel transiting through the Panama Canal. The Teesta Spirit began at the Balboa Anchorage, transiting through three sets of locks until reaching its final destination in the Atlantic Ocean…

Prosafe inks another contract

Aug 18, 2015

Lundin Norway has exercised a one month option for the provision of the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation vessel at the Edvard Grieg Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The one month option extends on site operations…

Ampelmann supplies Gulf of Mexico

Aug 18, 2015

Dutch motion-compsenated gangway firm Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by Boa Marine Services (BMS) for a gangway solution for the ExxonMobil-operated Gulf of Mexico Julia project. The work scope of Ampelmann comprises transferring…

Shell, COSCOL sign transport contract

Aug 17, 2015

COSCO Shipping Co. Ltd. (COSCOL) has signed a contract with Shell Offshore Inc. for the transportation of the Appomattox semisubmersible offshore platform hull from South Korea to Ingleside, Texas. This contract was awarded as part of an enterprise frame agreement between Shell and COSCOL…

Sonardyne opens French office

Aug 17, 2015

Sonardyne, a specialists in subsea navigation and positioning technology, has opened its first permanent office in France to expand its presence in the region. The announcement follows the opening of a second Sonardyne office in Brazil earlier this year…

Prosafe inks first Safe Notos contract

Aug 17, 2015

Norway-based semisubmersible accomodation vessel provider Prosafe has signed its first job for the newbuild accommodation vessel Safe Notos under a new contract in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract, which covers eight months…

Det norske ramps up on Alvheim

Aug 14, 2015

Det norske is ramping up activity and production on its Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The FPSO (pictured), which produces Alvheim field (comprising the Kneler…

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